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APPLIUATI'ON FILED SEPT. 28, 1911.

1,025,037. Patented Apr. so, 1912.

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1,025,037; Patented Apr. 3o, 1912.

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Specicetion of Letters Patent.

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To all 'ze-fiomt may concern Be it known that l, l-lAnRisoN B. WALTER,

a citizen of the United States, residing et raised, duc to :i pivotalconnfmion between Danville, in the countsT of `Vermilion and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCollapsible Suit and Het Boxes, of which the following is ayspecification.

My invention relates to :in improvement in collapsible suit and hetboxes, and the object is to provide means whereby' two of the sidemembers can be readilyv and quickly an upright position and held, andthen the other side or end members can be raised and held in an uprightposition between the already raised side members.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction andcombinations of parts Which will be hereinafter fully described andpointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective View; Fig. 2 isa. view showing the box in the knock down or fiat condition, with theend deps extending out- Wardly; Fi 3 is an end View, showing the mannerof ringing the side members to a vertical position. Fig. 4 is a bottomplan View of one member of the box folded as shipped; and Fig. 5 is anenlarged detail View.

A, represents the bottom of one section of the'box, and 1, 1, are thesides, which are rovided with end flaps 2, 2, the end flaps ingpivotally connected together by straps When the side members 1, l, arebrought osition, the end flaps 2 extend es to the sides 4end the endtogether bythe straps 3, which form a support or holdin the side membersin a. verticel'position. A ter the side members have been brought to avertical position, the end members .4 are raised against the end napsand between the side members, whereby'the box can be lled.

By referring to Figs. 2 and 4, o the drawings, a better idea will beobtained of the arran ement of the box in a'knockdown or shippingcondition. In Fig. 2 I have shown the 'end Bapswith the straps extendingoutwardl to better disclose the invention, but in `ig. 4 I have shownthe normal position taken by the end flaps and straps when the box is ina shipping condition. Therefore, when it is desired to as- 3. to a,Yertical at right an ilaps are hel semble be box, one of the sidemembers i is grasped. holding it to n vertioalposition,

which senses the other side member to be the two nmmbers by the :st-raps3, the end iiaps and sirops being drawn outwardly and from beneath thebottom of the box as the side member drawnlto a vertical position. Afterthe side members have been drawn to o 'vertical position, the endmembers, which are lying flat on the bottom of the box` are then raisedto vertical 4position between the side members and against the end flapsand straps, thereby presenting the box in a. position to be filled.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that I have provided a very simpleconstruction of box. in which the side and end members and bottom areall formed from e single piece of materiel. Theonly auxiliary pieces arethe straps which connect the end flaps of theside members together,whereby the parts con be readily assembled from their knockdownposition. Of course, when it is' desired to collapse the box,V the endmembers l are folded inward upon the bottom of the box, when the sidemembers are folded and the end iin ps caused to be folded beneath andalong the under surface of the bottom of the box, when it is then in ashipping or packing condition.

Having fully described my inventiomwhat I claim ns new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent. is

l. A collapsible boxpcomprising e bottom having sides and ends connectedthereto and adapted to be bent from the bottom to o, vertical position,integral end flaps connected to the sides and extending at right anglesthereto, and straps pivotallv con,-

nected to the end flaps for supporting the ends and side members in avertical position.

2. A box, comprising a bottom having sides and ends adapted to be foldedto a vertical position. end naps connected to the side members. andstraps pivoiollr connected to the end flops for holding the side membersand ends in a vertical position, said side and end members adapted to befolded down upon the bottom of the box when the box is in a collapsedcondition, and the end Hops and straps extending along the underside fthe box.

3. A box, comprising a bottom having l ends adapted to sides and endshinged thereto, adapted bo be swung to a, vertical position, end apsconnected to each of the side members pivtion, and the flaps swungbeneath the bottom of the box.

In testimony whereof I am# my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

HARRISON is.I WALTER.

Witnesses:

ULARIBEL BULLOGK, Jos. W. MEITZLER.

